Supreme Court Declines To Hear Drug Industry's Appeal Of Eye Drop Case

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday (May 21) declined to take up a case brought by a coalition of drug makers challenging consumers' standing to sue over money lost due to a product design that allegedly wastes a portion of that product. The drug companies urged the high court to take up the case, Alcon Laboratories, inc et al. v. Cottrell, Leonard, et al., after two federal circuits split on the exact same question: whether consumers have standing to sue...